“James deserves it because he has shown he’s a great player, hopefully I can follow in his footsteps.

“He’s a local lad from Leicester so he was brought up not too far from me. I used to play against him a lot when he was in the younger age groups at Coventry. James was tiny back then, but he was always a good player so it’s great to see how well he’s doing.

“He has always had that confidence, even when I played against him in the Under-10s.

“You can see why he has gone so far in the game as he’s backing himself, and you need that bit of arrogance to do so well.

“I see he got a 75 rating on the FIFA game last week, but Madders will be wanting 85 — and he’ll be looking at Messi as that’s the kind of guy he is!